Venomous encounters : Snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia /

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Venomous encounters presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges andconflict...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hobbins, Peter (auteur.)
Autres auteurs: Thompson, Andrew (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Vivisection > Australie > History.
Venom > Australia > History.
Poisonous snakes > Venom > Australia > History.
Vivisection > Australia > History.
Australie > Histoire > 1788-1900.
Australia > History > 1788-1900.
Livres numeriques.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Studies in imperialism; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840; 2 Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80; 3 Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1840-68; 4 In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76; 5 Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95; 6 Immunology and indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914;Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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